Edward Hines Lumber Company Fleet

Chicago Harbor | Edward Hines Lumber Company

Steamers
City of St. Joseph (S, K. Martin), Commorant, C. F. Curtis, A. Folsom, Oscoda, Louis Pahlow, Santa Maria (L. Edward Hines), W. H. Sawyer, S. S. Wilhelm (L. L. Barth)

Schooners
Ashland, J. I. Case, City of Chicago, Galatea, Lizzie A. Law, Selden E. Marvin, Niko, Nirvanna, Alice B. Norris, Annie M. Peterson, C. E. Redfern, W. H. Sawyer, Shawnee, S. J. Tilden, A. C. Tuxbury, Charles Wall

Chicago Tribune, January 23, 1899

CHICAGO MEN BUY LAKE BOATS.
Barges S. E. Marvin and R. L. Fryer Sold by a Cleveland Firm for $8,000 Each.
The Edward Hines Lumber company of this city has bought from Mitchell & Co. of Cleveland the barge Selden E. Marvin. The price was $8,000. The Cleveland firm has made the following sales also: Barge Robert L. Fryer to C. A. Colbie, Edward Wood, and the Telson Lumber company of Chicago, price $8,000; and the steamer Edward Smith No. 2 to Connelly Bros. of Buffalo, for $45,000. All three boats are now at Chicago.

Chicago Tribune, September 23, 1899

The schooner Shawnee was purchased from J. W. Westcott of Detroit yesterday by the Hines Lumber company of Chicago. This purchase, with the steamer Cormorant and schooner Norris, will give the Hines company a fleet large enough to make it practically independent of outside carriers. Since last winter the company has secured eight vessels.

Inter Ocean, October 7, 1899

Around the Lakes.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 6.—The steamer Oscoda and her consorts, C. G. King and Ida Corning, have been sold to the Edward Hines Lumber company of Chicago by Gurdon Corning of Saginaw. The boats were turned over to the new owner today at this point. The Corning was built in 1878, and is 175 feet keel by 32 feet beam. The three boats will now be engaged in carrying lumber for the Chicago firm. The price paid by the Hines Lumber company for the Cormorant and schooner Alice B. Norris, purchased last week, was $40,000.

Inter Ocean, March 28, 1902

Much Repair Work Has Been Done.
There has been a large amount of repair work done on vessel property during the winter, and many schooners, barges, and steamers will come out looking like new craft at the general opening of navigation next week. Many boats are fitting out for their season’s work, and those that are still unfinished are being rushed in order to get an early start.

The Edward Hines fleet has been practically overhauled. Johnson, Knudson & Co., the well-known ship carpenters, did most of the work. The Shipowners’ Dry Dock company and the South Chicago yards have also had all the work they could care for and are still rushed. Among some of the boats that have received liberal repairs are: Katie M. Forbes, B. W. Blanchard, $10,000 each; the Folsome, recently purchased by the Hines Lumber company, has been changed into a single-decked lumber barge at a cost of $10,000. The steamer Niko received a general overhauling at a cost of $6,000, and $25,000 was spent on the steamer George G. Hadley. The Wiley M. Egan received $12,000 worth of repairs. The steamer C. B. Lockwood, Wallula, Yakinia, and several others had from $2,000 to $5,000 spent on them for various repairs.

Buffalo Evening News, March 26, 1906

HINES LUMBER COMPANY FLEET APPOINTMENTS.
Capt. Hamilton, manager of the Edward Hines Lumber Company’s fleet, announces the appointment of the following captains for the season: Steamer Oscoda, James Heffernan; steamer Cormorant. Duncan Mackenzie; steamer Sawyer, James McCartney; steamer Barth, David Carey; steamer Hines, J. A. Parsons; steamer Weihe, William McGregor; steamer Pahlow, John Mc-Kay; barge C. E. Redfern, John Hudson; barge A. C. Tuxbury, Peter Ward; barge Foster, William Johnson. No assignments have yet been made to the barges Helvetia and Ashland. The Foster and Ashland have been acquired by the Hines Company since the close of navigation.

Port Huron Times Herald, April 10, 1915

APPOINTMENTS FOR HINES LUMBER FLEET ARE MADE
North Tonawanda, N.Y., April 10
Captain William A. Hamilton, Chicago, superintendent of the L.
Edward Hines Lumber company’s fleet today announced the appointment of masters and chief engineers, as follows:

L. Edward Hines

W. Sawyer

Niko

L. L. Barth

Louis Pahlow

Ashland

E. Redfern

A. C. Tuxbury

J. I. Case

S J. Tilden

D. I. Filer

Delta

Alice B. Norris

Chicago Tribune, June 11, 1915

HINES LAKE FLEET SOLD?
Five Steamers and Ten Lumber Barges Reported Disposed Of to Indiana Concern.
Buffalo, N. Y., June 10,- [Special.]-Capt. Willam D. Hamilton, who has been commodore of the Hines fleet for the last twenty-five years, announced today the sale of the five steamers, W. H. Sawyer (US No. 81,253), Niko (US No. 130,439), Pahlow (US No. 140,559), Hines (US No. 116,606), and Barth, and the ten barges, Redfern (US No. 126,690), Tuxbury, J. I. Case, Delta, Norris, Tilden, Filer, Ashland, Holland, and Paige, composing the fleet of lumber carrying vessels owned by the Edward Hines Lumber company of Chicago. The boats were purchased by the Hamilton Transportation company of Chicago. Capt. Hamilton will continue as manager of the fleet. The Hamilton transportation company he been incorporated under the laws of Indiana for $100,000.

“The deal has not been consummated yet, though it may be in a few days,” said L. L. Barth, vice president of the Hines Lumber company. “I don’t care to give you our reasons for negotiating a sale, though there is not as much lumber around the lake as there used to be. In the future we can charter boats, just as we did before we owned our own fleet.”

The L’Anse Sentinal, December 11, 1915

SEEKING RELEASE FROM LIABILITY.
The Hines Lumber company, Chicago, owners of the ill fated steamer C. F. Curtis and the barges Seldon E. Marvin and Annie M. Peterson, which were wrecked in a storm on November 18 last year, after leaving Baraga, have petitioned in court, for a release of liability from all claims brought against the company from survivors of any of the crew of the three boats. So far two claims have been brought against the company. They are those of Marie W. Jennings, widow of Captain Jay P. Jennings, master of the Curtia, and that of Lorinda J. Noll, who filed a complaint for the death of Julius W. Noll, assistant engineer of the Curtis. Mrs. Jennings makes application for the adjustment of her claim against the company, before the Industrial Accident Board of Illinois. The second party is suing in circuit court for $20,000 damages. The Hines company wants all actions against itself restrained, wherever they appear in the United States.

In the wreck of these three boats there was not a person saved.

CITY OF ST. JOSEPH (US No. 126,125)—S. K. Martin.

St. Joseph Herald, March 31, 1883

THE LAUNCH.
The announcement that the new steamer in process of construction for the Graham & Morton Transportation Company would be launched on Saturday afternoon last, brought out a large crowd of spectators, the number of people present being estimated at 5,000 to 6.000. The day was clear but chilly, and the launch was to have taken place at 1:30, but on account of the logs and ice that had to be removed from the canal the blocking was not knocked away and the ropes cut until 2:40, when the boat glided nicely from har birth-place and dropped safely off the dock into the water. As she made her bow in a graceful manner to her mammoth audience, her “colors” were run to the mast-head by Frank Pattee and unfurled to the breeze, displaying to the thousands of eager eyes watching them the words “CITY OF ST. JOSEPH,”-the name by which she will be known in the future. A hearty cheer followed, when the vast crowd commenced to disperse homeward.

St. Joseph is located on an elevation sixty feet above the level of Lake Michigan, overlooking the St. Joseph harbor, (one of the best harbors on the lakes) at the mouth of the St. Joseph river, at the head of the St. Joseph valley, and is known far and wide as one or the healthiest and handsomest towns in the West, and as Mr. Randal, the waster builder, bas produced an excellent model the new boat, her name and St. Joseph will all be in perfect harmony. Indeed, we cannot guess how President Graham, who had the naming of the craft, could have hit upon a more appropriate name in the interest of his Company, and the public generally on both sides of the lake. The name is both business like and sensible, and creditable to the good jodament of its author. St. Joseph people, of course, are highly elated at the compliment thus paid them and their soon-to-be-city, and thoroughly appreciate the spirit of fairness and good will that prompted the “surprise.”

The City of St. Joseph will be fitted out and furnished in the latest and best style. and when ready tor business will justly take position among the finest passenger and freight steamers on the lakes. She will have the same depth of hold as the Lora, and will be only seven feet shorter, four feet narrower and about fifty tons less burden than that steamer. Her build indicates good speed qualities. Long may she live to do good service in promoting the interests of her owners and aid much in the work of building up this section of country.

The Graham & Morton Company have given “home line” of steamers to this point both sides of the river being well represented in the Company, and the people of Northern Berrien county can well afford to extend the right encouragement to the enterprising gentlemen who are thus laboring in their behalf.

A more complete description of the City of Joseph will be given im this paper when she is fully equipped und ready for business, which will be about the first of May.

City of St. Joseph (US No. 126,125), built in 1883, purchased by S. K. Martin on July 19, 1887 and renamed S. K. Martin on March 9, 1888. On April 27, 1896, owned by Edward Hines Lumber Co.

Chicago Tribune, July 12, 1887

Bought a Steamboat.
The S. K. Martin Lumber Company of Chicago has bought the prop City of St. Joseph for $28.000. She will be placed in the lumber carrying trade, running between Chicago and Muskegon, and will be commanded by Capt. William Evans, master of the Michael Groh. The propeller was built four years ago at a cost of 835,000. She was originally intended for the Chicago and St. Joseph passenger and fruit trade, but she failed to develop the required amount of speed, and after running on the route for several seasons she was withdrawn. Last spring her passenger cabin was taken off, and she has since been carrying ore.

Detroit Free Press, August 16, 1898

Marine City Matters.
Marine City, August 15.-One-twentieth of the steamer S. K. Martin, owned by the Mary Francis estate and one-eleventh in-the steamer king were auctioned off this afternoon. G. W. Carman was the purchaser.

S. K. Martin
Gouache on Paper
James E. Forsyth, Artist
After 1887

SANTA MARIA (US No. 11,606)—Edward Hines

Detroit Free Press, February 9, 1898

A letter from M. Sicken, of Marine City, states that the valuation placed upon the steamer Santa Maria in the transfer to the Hines Lumber Co. of Chicago was $43,500. The steamer S. K. Martin was accepted in part payment at a value of $7.000.

Detroit Free Press, May 1, 1898

The new propeller Santa Maria stopped here a while yesterday afternoon on her first trip. She is on her way to Toledo to take on fuel, and from there will take a tow-barge and go to Ashland for lumber. The Santa Maria is a handsome wooden vessel 217 feet in length over all, and was built by the Morleys at Marine City for M. Sickens of that place. Her propelling power is derived from a compound fore-and-aft engine, constructed by the Riverside iron works, of this city. and her boiler is from McGregor’s boiler works, also of Detroit.

Santa Maria (US No. 116,606), built in 1893, sold to Edward Hines Lumber Co. on February 3, 1898 and renamed L. Edward Hines on March 28, 1903.

S. S.WILHELM (US. No. 116,266)—L. L. Barth

S. S, Wilhelm (US No. 116,266), built in 1889, sold to Edward Hines Lumber Co. on February 3, 1898, Renamed L. L. Barth

L. L. Barth
1920

Muskegon Live, April 8, 2013

Another century-old shipwreck, L.L. Barth, appears on Grand Haven’s Harbor Island thanks to low water levels
GRAND HAVEN—Researchers recently identified the skeletal ruins of three vessels that once sailed Grand Haven’s

Harbor Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries when the land acted as a busy commerce hub.

The Holland-based Michigan Shipwreck Research Association on Monday announced the discovery of the L.L. Barth, a 160-foot-long, iron-clad wooden vessel that once sailed Lake Michigan. The association found the shipwreck near the 141-acre island, along with a barge and a 50-foot tug boat called the Liberty.

The vessels once lay hidden beneath the water, but low water levels made the protruding wrecks visible to onlookers nearby on private property owned by Sims Power Plant, according to MSRA director Valerie van Heest.

“Despite all the snow we had, the water is still the same low level it was last fall,” said van Heest. “It’s good for those of us who study the ships, but environmentally it’s not so good.”

The three shipwrecks join five other deteriorating structures discovered by the association in the past year as a result of low water levels.

In December 2012, the group discovered the Aurora, a 290-foot wooden steamer, along with four other vessels at Harbor Island.

“Once we identified the massive Aurora just east of the public launch ramp last winter, we set off to find the next largest steamer abandoned in the area,” van Heest said.

The Discovery
The association used the satellite feature on the popular navigation service website MapQuest to identify the vessels rather than the side sonar technology that’s typically used for locating objects deep underwater, van Heest said.

After venturing into the frigid water in dry suits, van Heest and director Craig Rich identified the decaying vessel—eroded down to the very bottom wooden hull—by matching the measurements to that of the L.L. Barth’s, van Heest said.

“What’s so fascinating about this one and the others is how big it is. That it was hidden all this time is kind of amazing,” van Heest said.

Van Heest said the Liberty tug boat moved the barge found nearby.

The public can’t access the L.L. Barth and other wrecks on Harbor Island by land because the structures lie on private property. But in the warmer months, local boaters traveling west toward the mouth of Lake Michigan will be able to see the skeletal remains on the west side of the river, van Heest said.

History
When the L.L. Barth sailed the region, Harbor Island housed three lumber mills and the Kirby Shipbuilding Company, van Heest said.

The L.L. Barth began as the SS Wilhelm in 1889 in Bay City, where its owners used it for carrying lumber and coal. In 1890, Chicago businessman Edward Hines purchased and renamed the vessel and then used it to transport his company’s product.

Years later, Construction Aggregates purchased the vessel and used it to pump sand from the bottom of Lake Michigan to extend Chicago’s lakefront acreage before abandoning the 37-year-old vessel on Harbor Island in 1927.

Before abandoning the L.L. Barth its owners stripped it of its valuable metal boiler and engine while local residents likely used and recycled wooden material from the vessel during the Great Depression, van Heest said.

Somewhere down the line, Construction Aggregates dumped the 60-foot rectangular barge on top of the L.L. Barth. Construction Aggregates still owns the land across the river in Ferrysburg, but discarded its unwanted boats across the river, though the city of Grand Haven owns the wrecks, van Heest said.

Educating the Public
The Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates continues to work with the Tri-Cities Historical Museum in Grand Haven to document and identify the wrecks it discovered when it identified the Aurora, van Heest said.

Two of the structures are unnamed barges while the others are yet to be identified, sailing ships, van Heest said.

“We’ve had thousands of people show up in Grand Haven to this public space and take advantage of the opportunity to see ships that are usually thousands of feet under water,” van Heest said. “It’s been a wonderful way for people who don’t scuba dive to see shipwrecks.”

Van Heest on April 20 will present a history of the Harbor Island shipwrecks in a program titled, “Topless on the Beach” at the association’s annual event at the Knickerbocker Theater on Saturday April 20.

NIKO (US No. 30,439)

Alpena Weekly Argus, May 8, 1889

The new steamship Niko, which is owned by the Messrs. Comstock and Churchill, arrived at this port last Thursday, and has been loaded with some 813,000 feet of lumber. She is one of the finest steamships that has ever entered this poty, and is under the command of the well known Capt. Edwards, formerly of the steamer Pearl. She is 206 feet long, 35 feet beam and the depth of hold is 13 feet. Her lines are graceful, and she is fitted out in first class shape. The boiler is on the main deck, thus giving more room in the hold for stowing freight. She is painted black, has three spars, and a pony boiler furnishes the necessary power for hoisting freight and other work. Her cabin is large and finely fitted up. The steamship when loaded drew only 12½ feet aft. Her boiler is 12×12½ feet. The engine is a fore and aft compound one. She has eight pumps, Her deck was nearly 17 feet high.

Niko (US No. 30,439), built in 1889, purchased by Edward Hines on September 20, 1909

Port Huron Times Herald, November 6, 1924

Fierce Gales Sweep Lake Michigan; One Small Vessel Lost
St. James, Beaver Island, Mich., Nov. 6.—The fiercest fall gale in years has been sweeping northern Lake Michigan during the last three days. One small steamer has been lost and fishermen here report heavy losses in nets.

Wednesday the steamer Niko, of the Edward Hines Lumber company, of Chicago, was being pounded on the beach of Garden Island, where it was sunk early Monday in 24 feet of water.

The Niko foundered after leaving St. James harbor with a barge in tow. The tow line caught in the propeller and wrenched open the hull. The steamer went down half an hour after the crew was taken aboard the tow barge. The barge rode out the storm in the lee of Garden Island and was taken to Manistique Wednesday. The Niko, a steamer 198 feet long, one of the last ships of the former Hines fleet of lumber carriers, put into St. James harbor Sunday night to escape the gale, which shifted suddenly and blew into the harbor. All shipping sought to escape into the open lake or to the lee of the islands. The Niko alone was lost.

LOUIS PAHLOW, (US No. 140,559)

Chicago Tribune, August 3, 1882

The new steam-barge Louis Pahlow was docked at the Milwaukee shipyard Tuesday to
receive her wheel. She is to be commanded by Capt. Peter Anderson, formerly in the wrecking tug Leviathan.

Chicago Tribune, August 17, 1882

The official measurement of the new steam-barge Lewis Pahlow is 366 tons.

Chicago Tribune, August 17, 1882

Trial Trip of a New Steam-Barge
SpecIal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 23.-The new steam-barge Lewis Pahlow, Capt. Peter Anderson, made a trial-trip around the bay this afternoon and left for Ludington on her maiden trip to load lumber for Chicago, with a number of visitors on board. Her trial-trip was a success, and her owners and builders are much pleased with her. She is one of the finest-modeled lumber carriers on the lakes, and all her apartments are elegantly furnished.

Pahlow (US No. 140,559), built in 1882, purchased by Hines Lumber on July 22, 1898.

A. FOLSOM, (US No. 10,638)—Trude R. Wiehe

Inter Ocean, February 27, 1903

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS,
Port of Chicago, Ill., February 26, 1903. Notice of change of name of the Steamer. A.
Folsom. Notice is hereby given that under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July 5. 1884. and by the authority of the Commissioner of Navigation, dated February 17, 1903 the name of the Steamer A. Folsom (Off. No. 106,368) of Chicago has been changed to Trude R. Wiehe, under which latter name she will hereafter be known and documented.
WM. PENN I NIXON, Collector of Customs.

Detroit Free Press, July 23, 1910

FIRE DESTROYS T. R. WIEHE
Lumber Carrier Reported Burned of Escanaba.
Chicago, July 23.-The steamer T. R. Wiehe, of the Hines Lumber company. Captain R. D. Myers, master, was destroyed by fire in Portage bay, Lake Superior, near Escanaba, Mich., according to advices received today by the owners here.

Steamer Trude R. Wiehe, reported destroyed by fire, was formerly the A. Folsom. She was built at West Bay City in 1885. Her gross tonnage was 168, net tonnage 449, length 187 feet, beam 33.5 feet, depth 12.9 feet. She was supposed to carry a crew of 11 and had an indicated horsepower of 780. Her carrying capacity was 625,000 feet of lumber. Charles McElroy was her chier engineer.

A. Folsom (US No. 10,638), built in 1885, purchased by Hines Lumber on April 17, 1902. Renamed Trude R. Wiehe. Lost on Make Michigan July 12, 1910.

CORMORANT US No. 125,334

Buffalo Morning Express, August 14, 1873

NEW STEAM BARGE.—The steam barge Cormorant, being built at Louis LaFrinier’s yard for Messrs. H. J. & R. E. Winslow, will probably be launched at Cleveland during the present week. The boat measures 218 feet keel, 34 feet beam, and 14 feet deep. She is to be commanded by Capt. Albert Little and will engage in the Marquette ore trade.

Cormorant (US No. 125,334), built in 1873, purchased by Hines Lumber on September 22, 1899. Reduced to two masts on April 7, 1900.

Alice B. Norris (US No. 105,471), built in 1872, purchased by Hines Lumber September, 1899. Was schooner, built into barge in 1897.

OSCODA (US No. 155,012)

Detroit Free Press, October 18, 1878

THE OSCODA NEARLY READY TON BUSINESS.
Inspector Saunders formally inspected the boiler of the wew steam barge Oscoda yesterday and found everything perfectly satisfactory. The work of completing her is being pushed as fast as possible, and when she leaves, which will not be before Saturday, she will undoubtedly be in complete shape. It will not be out of place in this connection to say that not only the inspectors but all who have examined the Oscoda speak of her as being one of the best built boats float. There is nothing but praise for her from eversone, Mr. Langell, her builder, says that he has only lived up to the contract in making the Oscoda what she is. The natural inference, therefore, is that the contract was a remarkably good one and such as every vessel man who thinks of building a boat should have.

Oscoda (US No. 155,012), built in 1878, purchased by Hines Lumber February 7, 1900.

DELTA (US No. 157,276)

Delta (US No. 157,726), built in 1890, sold to Hines Lumber in 1904. Shown with Louis Pahlow.

D. L. FILER (US No. 35,311)

D. L. Filer (US No. 35,31), built in 1871.

S. J. TILDEN US No. 23,761

S. J. Tilden (US No. 23,761), built in 1869.

S. J. Tilden
Painting by V. Nickerson.

W. H. SAWYER, (US No. 81,253)

W. H. Sawyer (US No. 81,252), built in 1890, sold to Hines Lumber in 1905.

ASHLAND (US No. 106,412)

St.Joseph Daily Press, January 27, 1906

Schooner Ashland Sold.
The schooner Ashland, of the Corrigan fleet. has been sold to the Hines Lumber Co., of Chicago, and will go into the lumber trade next season. The Ashland is now at Ashtabula, loaded with coal. She is 218 feet on the keel and 37 feet beam.

Ashland (US No. 106,412), built in 1886, purchased by Hines Lumber in 1906.

SHAWNEE, (US No. 115,140)

Buffalo Times, Septbmr 23, 1899

Schooner Shawnee Sold.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 23.—(Special—The Hines Lumber Company today purchased of J. W.
Westcott his schooner Shawnee, to be used in carrying their lumber. The consideration was $9,000. This purchase, together with the steamer Cormorant and
schooner Wall will materially increase the fleet of the big Chicago lumber firm.

Shawnee (US No. 115,140), built in 1873, purchased by Hines Lumber in 1898.

GALATEA, US No. 85,709

Chicago Tribune, May 6, 1882

The steam-barge Fred. McBrier, lumber-laden, from Oscoana to Chicago, ran in here for fuel today. She left her consort, the barge Galatea, in the bay. The latter is on her first trip. She was built at Saginaw, and has capacity of 70,000 feet of lumber.

Galatea with Grace Holland at Ashland.

Galatea (US No. 85,709), built in 1882, purchased by Hines Lumber February 7, 1900.

NIRVANNA (US No. 130,481)

Nirvanna (US No. 130,481), built in 1890, purchased by Hines Lumber October, 1900.

C. E. REDFERN (US No. 126,609)

C. E. Redfern (US No. 126,609), built in 1890, purchased by Hines Lumber October, 1905.

IDA CORNING (US No. 44,283)

Ida Corning (US No. 44,283), built in 1881, purchased by Hines Lumber October, 1899.

C. G. King (US No. 5,847), built in 1870, purchased by Hines Lumber October, 1899.

ANNIE. M. PETERSON (US No. 105,422)

Green Bay Gazette, April 25, 1874

Launch ofthe Annie M. Peterson
The three-masted schooner built for Messrs. Nau & Peterson, in the Tanktown yard was launched Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The launch was one of the most successful that has ever taken place here and was witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. The scene was as it always is, an interesting one. A crowd of workmen were busily engaged in knocking out the blocks here and there, swinging their ponderous maul; and hammers at a lively and musical rate; the remnants of scaffolding were falling before well directed blows and all preparatory work was being hurried through in a brisk and workmanlike manner. At length all preparations were completed and the workmen, whose skillful hands had wrought and fashioned the beautiful craft stood back with folded arms to view the results of their labor. When all was ready, the key was loosened and the Annie M. Peterson slid off the ways into the water, amid the cheers of spectators. The colors among them one bearing her name, were run up to the mast head. The vessel is the largest craft ever built at Green Bay and will rank as one of the finest and largest on the great lakes. Her dimensions are keel, 185 ft; length over all 200 ft; beam 38 ft 6 in; hold 14 ft. She is intended for the grain trade and her carrying capacity. will be 45,000 bushels of wheat. She was towed down to Nau’s dock where she is now lying to receive her outfit. She will be wire rigged and all the latest and best improvements will be introduced into her outfit. The work throughout is of the very best, and considerable money has been invested in rendering her staunch that does not show. The cabin is large and airy and tastefully fitted. The painting is being done by Mr. T. H. Lureman and speaks well for his skill and taste. The graining and fine work about the cabin is particularly noticeable. The new vessel will be ready to sail before the first of May.

Annie M. Peterson (US No. 105,422), built in 1874, purchased by Hines Lumber TBD. Lost tow of steamer C.F. Curtis, who was also towing Selden E. Marvin; broke up offshore and foundered in heavy seas, losing all crew.

J. I. CASE (US No.75,720)

J. I. Case (US No. 75,720)

SELDEN E. MARVIN (US No. 115,771)

Buffalo Morning Express, April 22, 1881

The Tonawanda Transportation Company, which was organized at Detroit May, 1880, and of which Wm. H. Gratwick, Esq., of this city, is Secretary and Treasurer, have nearly ready for launching at Bailey Bro’s Ship-yard, Toledo, a new barge designed for the grain and lumber trade, which although not very large, is said to be one of the finest of her kind. Her dimensions are 175 feet over all, 33 feet beam, and 12 feet depth of hold. She will have three spars, with fided topmasts, and will be called the Selden E. Marvin, after General Marvin, of Albany, N. Y. It is thought she will be ready for launching to-morrow.

Selden E. Marvin (US No. 115,771), built in 1881, purchased by Hines Lumber 1899. Lost tow of steamer C.F. Curtis, who was also towing Annie M Peterson; broke up offshore and foundered in heavy seas, losing all crew.

C. F. CURTIS, (US No. 34,126)

C. F. Curtis (US No. 34,126)

Detroit Free Press, November 15, 1914

Special to The Free Press.
Grand Jaraie, Mich.. November 34.-How hard the victims. of the wreck. of the steamer C. F. Curtis and the barges Annie M. Peterson and Selden E. Marvin‘ struggled to save their lives in the raging blizzard last Thursday night after they had survived the icy surf was shown today by the discovery of the nineteenth body at the edge of the woods near Grand Marais.

The man had evidently tried to escape the storm by walking in the woods. The fear or being lost, however, drove him back to the lake und he froze to death

Since the coroner’s inquest of Sunday night, there have been some changes in the Identitications. One man who was thought to be a second Glenn Campbell, has been identified as Axel Anderson. It has been impossible to find any of his relatives. The body of Glenn Campbell, engineer, has been shipped to Green Bey, Wis. He was found to have died of exposure and exhaustion, not drowning. The body or Captain Jennings has been shipped to Holland, Mich., In care of the Masonic lodge as it had always been his desire to have a Masonic funeral.

The woman whose effects bore the initials, “B. B.”, has been identified as Rose Burysick and her body has been sent to Metz at the request of her sister, Mrs. Hall, of Buffalo, N.Y. The body of Julius W. Knoll. has been sent to his. brother at Sturgeon Bay. Wis. Seven of the bodies that have been identified, have not been claimed and it seems that it will be necessary to bury them at Seney, although the Edward Hines Lumber company, owner of the lost boats, is anxious to find relatives if possible.

Detroit Free Press, November 15, 1914

Part of Marvin’s Bow Is Found and Beached
Special to The Free Press.
Sault Ste. Marie., November 21.—Captain Barker of the revenue cutter Mackinac returned. to the Soo tonight. He found the floating debris reported by Lightkeeper Carlson, Monday, to be part of the large Selden E. Marvin and pulled the wreckage out of the channel, forcing it on the shore.

The weather has continued milder.

Detroit Free Press, November 22, 1914

Owners Have No News from Missing Vessels
Chicago.November 21.-Officials of the Edward Hines Lumber company, owner of the Annie M. Peterson, the Selden E. Marvin and the steamer, C. F. Curtis, received telegrams today from Mrs. John Walker. wife of Captain John Walker of the Annie M.
Peterson, and from her daughter. asking news of Captain Walker.

Relatives had feared that Mrs. Walker and her daughter were on board with Captain Walker when
the barge was wrecked in the storm which has raged on Lake Superior for three days. No word of the fate of the Curtis and the Marvin was recelved today by the company.

The Petoskey News-Review, April 12, 2023

By Jillian Fellows,
WHITEFISH POINT, Mich.—The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society, along with Marine Sonic Technology, has announced the discovery of two vessels that sank in Lake Superior on Nov. 18, 1914.

On that day, the Steamship C.F. Curtis was towing the schooner barges Selden E. Marvin and Annie M. Peterson from Baraga, Michigan, to Tonawanda, New York, all with a load of lumber. The three ships encountered a powerful storm, and all three were never seen again. Twenty-eight lives were lost.

In 2021, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society located nine lost vessels, including the C.F. Curtis. But, the Marvin and Peterson remained missing.

One year later, in the summer of 2022, the crew of the shipwreck society’s research vessel, David Boyd, came across another shipwreck within a few miles of the Curtis. Using the organization’s remotely operated vehicle on the wreck revealed it was the Marvin.

Society officials said finding the Curtis and the Marvin are significant historic discoveries in American history, as they were all part of Hines Lumber, one of the biggest lumber companies of that era. On Nov. 18, 1914, they lost almost one quarter of their fleet in a single storm.

Ric Mixter, society board member and maritime historian, recalled the raw emotion and joy of the new find. The moment was captured on film by the shipwreck society. Mixter said:

Marvin

THE STORM OF NOVEMBER 1914.

The Day Book, November 21, 1914

BITS OF NEWS
Three vessels of Edward Hines’ lumber fleet believed sunk in storm on Lake Superior. Total of crews amount to 50. All Chicagoans.

Chicago Tribune, November 24, 1914

Sault. Ste. Marle, Mich., Nov. 22.—[Special.]—A strong northwest wind, accompanied by snow, blowing all day has caused a cessation in the hunt for more bodies of the disaster to the Edward Hines Lumber company’s vessels, Curtis, Peterson, and Marvin, off Grand Marais.

Of the twelve bodies recovered up to early this morning, nine have been identified. They are:
Capt. J. P. Jeanings, steamer Curtis of Detrolt.
Glen Campbell, engineer, steamer Curtis.
Siegrud Halverson, Charles Nelson, Albert Johnson, Julius W. Noll, Redolph Gruis, Edward Anderson, Henry Kirchner,

The identity of the two women remains a mystery. One of the women probably was an American, the other evidently was of Polish descent.

Bodies of Curtis Grew.
Aceording to C. L. Hall. representative of the Edward Hines Lumber company here, all bodies recovered were from the Curtis. It carried a crew of fourteen men and had two women as cooks. The bodies were taken to Seney.

As time allows a study of the situation it is belleved the Peterson and Curtis were the first to founder. Wreckage from the three boats is piled up twenty feet high along the shore. Among the debris the bodies of half of those recovered were found.

Charles Nelson and Glen Campbell were alive when picked up, but died from exhaustion and exposure. They were washed on ton of a twenty foot embankment. Nelson made a plucky fight for life, walking and crawling four miles until he reached the Grand Marals break-water.

New Wreckage Washing Ashore.
About forty miles from Grand Marais, between Two Hart river and Crisp point, new wreckage is coming ashore, which is thought to be that of the Marvin. No bodies have been found in this vicinity.

No news of the Nipigon or Niko, a week overdue, has been received here.

Chicago Tribune, November 27, 1914

LAKE STORM TOLL NOW 15.
Two More Seamen’s Bodies Found and Identified Near Grand Marais.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Nov. 26.—[Special.]-Two more bodies have been recovered from the wreck of the Hines Lumber company boats near Grand Marais and have been identified as those of Oscar Jelm and John Tyserson of Tonawanda, N. Y. This makes a total of fifteen bodies which have been recovered.